Trying to figure this out and maybe you guys can help: If I'm import let's say thirty 32 gig SD cards over a 1 year period of shooting, that's 960 gig's worth of media, MTS (AVCHD files) not to mention Final Cut Pro X events and Final Cut Pro X filters which also add to the events being bigger...
So my question is: What should my work flow be for doing feature?
I'm thinking of getting a few reliable external hard drives... maybe three 1 tb drives, or two 2 tb drives? For the typical FS700 or C100 r C300 user, what has your choice been and what do you find most reliable? Links are appreciated. I'll be editing on a 16 Gig RAM iMac desktop system.
And I've seen reviews on SeaGate drives and how they just die for some people and for others they are great. That's a concern of mine.
Obviously when doing their first feature, one wants to be sure to effectively edit, store media as well as have reliable hard drives. So those are my concerns with doing the feature. Shooting it on a FS700 so the media files are quite big.
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Second part of the question is:
Okay, so I will then have my media on my hard-drives. I'll open FCP X and import the files. Should I then save the FCP files on the desktop or on the external hard-drive?
A 90 minute feature with filters, color grading, titles, effects (I'm only use FCP X nothing else), music, transitions, is concerning to me and I want to be sure I do things right.
Feedback welcome.
So my question is: What should my work flow be for doing feature?
I'm thinking of getting a few reliable external hard drives... maybe three 1 tb drives, or two 2 tb drives? For the typical FS700 or C100 r C300 user, what has your choice been and what do you find most reliable? Links are appreciated. I'll be editing on a 16 Gig RAM iMac desktop system.
And I've seen reviews on SeaGate drives and how they just die for some people and for others they are great. That's a concern of mine.
Obviously when doing their first feature, one wants to be sure to effectively edit, store media as well as have reliable hard drives. So those are my concerns with doing the feature. Shooting it on a FS700 so the media files are quite big.
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Second part of the question is:
Okay, so I will then have my media on my hard-drives. I'll open FCP X and import the files. Should I then save the FCP files on the desktop or on the external hard-drive?
A 90 minute feature with filters, color grading, titles, effects (I'm only use FCP X nothing else), music, transitions, is concerning to me and I want to be sure I do things right.
Feedback welcome.